The Mercy of Allah is an Ocean, Our sins are a lump of clay clenched between the beak of a pigeon. The pigeon is perched on the branch of a tree at the edge of that ocean. It only has to open it's beak

Leila Aboulela
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  3. The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, When Allah loves a people, He tries them.
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